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Holiday in Mexico : critical reflections on tourism and tourist encounters / edited by Dina Berger and Andrew Grant Wood.

Contributor(s): Berger, Dina | Wood, Andrew Grant, 1958-
Publisher: Durham N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2010.Description: ix, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780822345541; 9780822345718 (pbk)DDC classification: 338.4/79172
Contents:
Introduction: tourism studies and the tourism dilemma / Dina Berger and Andrew Grant Wood -- The U.S./Mexican war and the beginnings of American tourism in Mexico / Andrea Boardman -- Teotihuacán: showcase for the centennial / Christina Bueno -- On the selling of Rey Momo : early tourism and the marketing of carnival in Veracruz / Andrew Grant Wood -- Goodwill ambassadors on holiday : tourism, diplomacy, and Mexico/United States relations / Dina Berger -- Behind the noir border : tourism, the vice racket, and power relations in Baja California's border zone, 1938/65 / Eric M. Schantz -- Fun in Acapulco? the politics of development on the Mexican Riviera / Andrew Sackett -- Colonial outpost to artists' Mecca: conflict and collaboration in the development of San Miguel de Allende's tourism industry / Lisa Pinley Covert -- José Cuervo and the gentrified worm : food, drink, and the touristic consumption of Mexico / Jeffrey M. Pilcher -- Cancún and the campo : indigenous migration and tourism development in the Yucatán Peninsula / M. Bianet Castellanos -- Marketing Mexico's great masters : folk art tourism and the neoliberal politics of exhibition / Mary K. Coffey -- Golfing in the desert : Los Cabos and post-PRI tourism in Mexico / Alex M. Saragoza -- The beach and beyond : observations from a travel writer on dreams, decadence, and defense / Barbara Kastelein -- Conclusion: should we stay or should we go? reflections on tourism past and present / Andrew Grant Wood and Dina Berger.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: tourism studies and the tourism dilemma / Dina Berger and Andrew Grant Wood -- The U.S./Mexican war and the beginnings of American tourism in Mexico / Andrea Boardman -- Teotihuacán: showcase for the centennial / Christina Bueno -- On the selling of Rey Momo : early tourism and the marketing of carnival in Veracruz / Andrew Grant Wood -- Goodwill ambassadors on holiday : tourism, diplomacy, and Mexico/United States relations / Dina Berger -- Behind the noir border : tourism, the vice racket, and power relations in Baja California's border zone, 1938/65 / Eric M. Schantz -- Fun in Acapulco? the politics of development on the Mexican Riviera / Andrew Sackett -- Colonial outpost to artists' Mecca: conflict and collaboration in the development of San Miguel de Allende's tourism industry / Lisa Pinley Covert -- José Cuervo and the gentrified worm : food, drink, and the touristic consumption of Mexico / Jeffrey M. Pilcher -- Cancún and the campo : indigenous migration and tourism development in the Yucatán Peninsula / M. Bianet Castellanos -- Marketing Mexico's great masters : folk art tourism and the neoliberal politics of exhibition / Mary K. Coffey -- Golfing in the desert : Los Cabos and post-PRI tourism in Mexico / Alex M. Saragoza -- The beach and beyond : observations from a travel writer on dreams, decadence, and defense / Barbara Kastelein -- Conclusion: should we stay or should we go? reflections on tourism past and present / Andrew Grant Wood and Dina Berger.

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